Eurytides marcellinus

Jamaican kite
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Papilionidae
Genus: Eurytides
Species:
E. marcellinus
Binomial name
Eurytides marcellinus
(Doubleday, 1845)
Synonyms
  • Protographium marcellinus (Doubleday, 1845)

Eurytides marcellinus, the Jamaican kite, is a species of butterfly in the family Papilionidae. It is endemic to Jamaica. Its conservation status is rated as vulnerable.


References

  1. ^ Gimenez Dixon, M. (1996). "Protographium marcellinus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 1996: e.T8417A12910910. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.1996.RLTS.T8417A12910910.en. Retrieved 15 November 2021.

Further reading

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  • Edwin Möhn, 2002 Schmetterlinge der Erde, Butterflies of the world Part XIIII (14), Papilionidae VIII: Baronia, Euryades, Protographium, Neographium, Eurytides. Edited by Erich Bauer and Thomas Frankenbach Keltern: Goecke & Evers; Canterbury: Hillside Books. ISBN 978-3-931374-87-7 All species and subspecies are included, also most of the forms. Several females are shown the first time in colour.


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